NONPOSSESSION Antonyms

• power to direct or determine

• a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another

• (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc

• a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment

• the activity of managing or exerting control over something

• the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

• discipline in personal and social activities

• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

• a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

• a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

• the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

• exercise authoritative control or power over

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• handle and cause to function

• maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage

• check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

• place under restrictions; limit access to by law

• verify by using a duplicate register for comparison

• be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

• have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

• a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

• holding by the police

• (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

• one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth

• dominance or power through legal authority

• a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

• the act of grasping

• the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

• a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

• the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road)

• worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made

• an intellectual hold or understanding

• a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place

• hold fast or firmly

• to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match

• to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe

• the act of retaining something

• something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

• the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power

• any activity that occupies a person's attention

• the act of occupying or taking possession of a building

• the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied

• the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others

• the act of having and controlling property

• the state or fact of being an owner

• the act of having and controlling property

• anything owned or possessed

• being controlled by passion or the supernatural

• a mania restricted to one thing or idea

• a territory that is controlled by a ruling state

• the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

• (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)

• the act of retaining something

• the power of retaining and recalling past experience

• the power of retaining liquid

• the term during which some position is held

• the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands

• give life-time employment to